{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"S10 Ep9 MADDY BRANNON: estate sale enthusiast based in D.C. - on finding and navigating great estate sales, and why pricing is the hottest topic in the room.","description":"Today, we're chatting with Maddy Brannon, a DC-based creator and stand-up comic who has become one of the most trusted and entertaining voices in the estate sale world. Maddy visits somewhere between three and five estate sales a week, and sometimes she even works with local estate sale companies to preview the sale before the doors open. Then she puts out a weekly roundup telling her followers exactly which sales are worth getting out of bed for. If you've ever walked past a house with a lawn full of strangers and wondered what on earth was happening inside, Maddy is the person who will not only explain it to you \u2014 she'll have you driving there by the weekend. She got into estate sales when she bought her first house and couldn't work out how anyone her age could afford to fill one with actual furniture\u2014 not with furniture from a dorm room clearance. A chance visit to an estate sale in Dupont Circle sorted that out for her \u2013 the house had five floors, original hardwood, and barely a thing touched. She was hooked, and estate sales turned into a full-blown obsession. She began sharing what she found on social media, and it turns out she wasn't alone in feeling like estate sales were something of a mystery. People started stopping her in the wild, asking how to find sales, how to navigate them, and how she always seemed to know which ones were worth the trip. So she started sharing! Maddy\u2019s not a vintage dealer\u2014 she's just someone who genuinely loves the experience of estate sales, walking into a stranger's home and discovering the life lived inside it. DC, it turns out, is an extraordinary place for this and Maddy has visited the estate sales of State Department employees who've furnished embassies around the world to Smithsonian staffers with artifact-adjacent bookshelves. On today's episode, we get into all of it \u2013 how to navigate estate sales without making a rookie mistake, the etiquette around negotiating, what's popular right now on the estate sale circuit \u2014 and why pricing in this space is, as Maddy puts it, an extremely \u201chot topic.\u201d Let's dive right in. DISCUSSED IN THE EPISODE: [1:27] How Maddy Brannon \u2014 DC stand-up comic \u2013 became an estate sale obsessive. [6:08] Why D.C. has a particularly great estate sale scene. [8:12]  Maddy has visited the estate sales of State Department employees and Smithsonian staffers. [14:29] Why Maddy started making videos about the estate sale experience. [18:28] Why estate sale content is so compelling on social media  [22:15] How Maddy vets which sales are worth going to [25:42] Estate sales are not necessarily intuitive \u2013 here\u2019s how to avoid rookie mistakes!  [29:19] Why the last hour before closing is the best time to shop  [35:24] What's popular right now on the estate sale circuit  [38:17] The etiquette around negotiating [48:18] Debunking the two biggest misconceptions about estate sales EPISODE MENTIONS:  @maddytheb Estate Sale Show Estate Sales with Maddy Brannon - Substack Maddy\u2019 YouTube channel All Hallows Guild at the Flower Mart United National Methodist Church Book Sale Associates of the American Foreign Service Book Sale Junior League Tossed and Found LET\u2019S CONNECT:  \ud83d\udcf8Instagram: @emilymstochl \ud83d\udc26Threads: @emilymstochl \ud83c\udfa5TikTok: @emilymstochl \ud83d\udce7 Substack: https:\/\/prelovedpod.substack.com\/  \ud83c\udfa7Patreon: https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/prelovedpod  SPECIAL THANKS:  A special thanks goes out to my Patron Insiders \u2013 your support makes Pre-Loved Podcast possible! Patty Weber Kathy Brand Lisa of Queenie & Pearl Lydia Welp Michael A. Megan Morris Jennifer Alana Rivero Jerrica Yasumura Amanda Hale   ","author_name":"Pre-Loved Podcast with Emily Stochl","author_url":"http:\/\/emilymstochl.com\/","html":"